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USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values 1993-10-01 2024-11-21
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2006-01-01 2023-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 05568615 is associated with a Stream in Fulton County, Illinois. Current conditions of Gage height are available. Water data back to 1993 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
05568615 n/a
Site name
ILLINOIS RIVER AT COPPERAS CREEK, IL n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 402835.67 n/a
DMS longitude 0895318.59 n/a
Decimal latitude 40.476575 n/a
Decimal longitude -89.8884972 n/a
Latitude-longitude method
GNSS2 - Level 2 Quality Survey Grade Global Navigation Satellite System X
Latitude-longitude accuracy
Accurate to + or - 5 sec. F
Latitude-longitude datum
North American Datum of 1983 NAD83
Decimal Latitude-longitude datum North American Datum of 1983 NAD83
District
Illinois 17
State
Illinois 17
County
Fulton County 057
Country US n/a
Land net location description SENWS25 T6N R5E n/a
Name of location map n/a
Scale of location map n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 427.17 feet n/a
Method altitude determined GNSS2 - Level 2 Quality Survey Grade Global Navigation Satellite System X
Altitude accuracy .04 feet n/a
Altitude datum
North American Vertical Datum of 1988 NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit
07130003
Drainage basin
n/a
Topographic setting
n/a
Flags for instruments at site NNYNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN n/a
Date of first construction
n/a
Date site established or inventoried 19971211 n/a
Drainage area
15390 square miles n/a
Contributing drainage area n/a
Time Zone abbreviation CST n/a
Site honors Daylight Saving Time
N n/a
Data reliability
n/a
Data-other GW files NNNNNNNN n/a
National aquifer n/a
Local aquifer n/a
Local aquifer type
n/a
Well depth n/a
Hole depth
n/a
Source of depth data n/a
Project number n/a

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